Deciding on the question of how the meeting was organized
- An examination of the evidence and the arguments of the parties leads to the conclusion that the positive evidence presented, which was not concealed, most likely indicates a factual situation different from the one described in the indictment, according to which the meeting took place at Ben-Zaken's initiative, with Azoulay assisting him independently.
- Before I go into detail about the various evidentiary elements that make up my conclusion, I will note that the prosecution did not present any direct evidence, from which it is possible to learn, with a high level of certainty, about Ben-Eliezer's involvement, and its evidentiary conclusion is based mostly on the testimonies of various parties in Noble Energy. Rather, an examination of the testimonies of these parties shows that these Lay down Because Azoulay's request was made on behalf of Ben-Eliezer, even though they did not discuss the matter with Ben-Eliezer, were not directed by him, and more importantly – without being aware of Azoulay's independent desire to help Ben-Zaken.
- My conclusion is therefore based on the testimonies of all the "bridesmaids" who testified regarding the circumstances of the meeting: (a) Ben-Zaken's testimony; (b) Azoulay's testimony; (c) the testimony of Eli Kamir; (d) Testimony of Bini Sommer.
According to Ben-Zaken's testimony, on December 1, 2010, he visited Ben-Eliezer's office, during his tenure as Minister of Industry, and Industry, while Ben-Eliezer held a meeting with Noble Energy CEO Charter Davidson and Benny Sommer (Noble Energy's Director of Foreign Relations, hereinafter: Sommer). It is important to note that the meeting with Ben-Eliezer was initiated by Noble Energy and was intended to clarify the difficulties that arose in promoting the Tamar project, which is not connected in one way or another to the Shemen company, and it was not even claimed that Ben-Zaken's random visit to Ben-Eliezer's office was related to these issues. Ben-Zaken described that while he was at the office, he realized that the CEO of Noble Energy was in a meeting with Ben-Eliezer, and therefore Mazzoulay asked to arrange a meeting with the CEO for him (Prov. p. 888, s. 25 - p. 889, s. 5; and see also prov. p. 956, s. 11).